Laurium, MichiganMarch 1958

Unidentified

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Laurium, Michigan in March 1958. The full case file (4 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 32.

Reported location

Laurium, Michigan

Date of incident

March 1958

State / country

MI / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 32

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :
: | l. DATE | 2. LOCATICN 112. CONCLUSIONS
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: 10 Pouainly Ball
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Hor Pecans Fee sh eae SR = Ground-VYisual 0 Ground-Radar |G Probably Aircraft |
| or pines Reed UT SE AR ZENE 0 AirVYisudl 3 Air-lnrarcept Radar | 8 Possibly Aircrafr
{ 5. PHOTOS | 6. SOURCE : | 0 Was Astronomical {
O Yes i {C0 Probably Astronomical |
- | -8¢No Vid ds O Possibly Astronomical
| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. MUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE PRUE GiRe Te ates 0
: | t Ir: Insufficient Date for Evaluation |
| | 0 Unknown ]
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28977508

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Places

Laurium, MI Michigan

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1958 1958-03-01